A court in Athens on Thursday handed down hefty prison sentences to eight individuals found guilty of contributing to the deaths of 25 people in the flash floods that inundated the town of Mandra in Attica in November 2017. All sentences have been suspended pending appeal. The court imposed prison …
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Greece shuts down soccer supporters’ clubs for 5 months, toughens sentences for hooligans
Soccer supporters’ clubs will be suspended for five months and sentences for fans’ violence will be increased thus without parole, Greece announced on Monday as part of a crackdown triggered by the murder of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed and beaten to death by soccer hooligans in the northern …
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Justice Ministry submits draft bill with tougher penalties for serious crimes
Greece’ Justice Ministry submitted to Palriament a draft bill a series of amendments to the penal and criminal justice code. The bill submitted on Tuesday following a period of public consultation and dialogue. The provisions in the bill were first presented by Justice Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras and Deputy Justice Minister …
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Tougher sentences for sexual violence against minors, incest will be a felony, says Justice Minister
Greece’s Justice Minister announced tougher sentences for crimes of sexual violence against minors and turning incest into a felony. As part of changes to the state’s treatment of sexual violence against minors, Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras on Monday announced a far tougher approach, which includes making incest a felony after …
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Prosecutor appeals for longer jail sentences for Golden Dawn leaders
A prosecutor has filed an appeal to request longer sentences for the already convicted leadership of the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn on Thursday. The second-level appeals court motion by prosecutor Stelios Kostarellos, who was alternate prosecutor in the trial that concluded last week, focused specifically on the leading members of …
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Prosecutor proposes suspended sentences for Golden Dawn leadership
The state prosecutor in Golden Dawn trial proposed on Monday that the sentences of those convicted to over 10 years imprisonment be suspended pending their convicts’ appeal. Exempted from sentence suspension should be the murderer of 33-year-old rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. Prosecutor Adamantia Oikonomou has …
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Golden Dawn Court: 13 years imprisonment for leadership, life for Fyssas’ murderer
The leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn party, Nikos Michaloliakos, was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for establishing and running a “criminal organization” plus 1 more year and 1,000 euros fine for arms possession. Giorgos Roupakias was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder 33-year-old rapper Pavlos Fyssas plus 4 years …
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Golden Dawn Prosecutor: Life for Fyssas’ murderer, 13 years for party leadership
The prosecutor of Golden Dawn trial proposed on Tuesday morning the sentences for the leadership of the neo-nazi party, the murderer of rapper Pavlos Fyssas and his accomplices as well as for those involved in attacks against Egyptian fishermen and unionists of PAME. The Court of Appeals had rejected “mitigating …
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Cyprus serial killer Nikos Metaxas handed seven times life imprisonment
A criminal court in Cyprus sentenced serial killer Nikos Metaxas to seven times life imprisonment on Monday. The 35-year-old army captain at the National Guard had pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder and kidnapping of five foreign women and two underage girls. The three-judge panel said that Nicholas Metaxas appeared …
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Submarine kickbacks: 21 defendants receive redeemable prison sentences
A three-member Appeal Court in Athens announced the penalties for 21 defendants who have been found guilty to be involved in the famous Greek-German scandal of Submarines kickbacks. The court imposed prison sentences to 20 of the defendants as the 21st, a French-Swiss banker, is on the run. The former …
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